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- 9th - 12th
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Students compare and contrast famous Buddhist art as catalysts to the spread of Buddhism. They examine how the Buddhist art changes as the religion and its values spread. They generalize how ideas change and adapt as they travel around the world and make a presentation to the class. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students create Venn diagrams showing the differences and similarities between the religions of Hinduism and Buddhism. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students respond to questions about Buddhism and Shinto beliefs. They review two reading selections and consider how religious beliefs are incorporated into Japanese culture. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students compare and contrast beliefs of the Hindu and Buddhist religions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students study American transcendentalism through readings of Emerson and Thoreau. They make cognitive connections to the similarities to Buddhism in these writings. The connection of the literary movement is explained in the art of the time also. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students use various primary and secondary sources to examine, interpret, and compare the main ideas of Hinduism and Buddhism. They compose a short history of Hinduism and Buddhism by writing sentences that link given terms to the next. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explain how Buddhism spread and influenced peoples and their cultures in Ceylon, Central Asia, and East Asia. They write a fictional description of what it might have been like to be a person in one of these Southeast or Central Asian countries when Buddhism was becoming popular. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students compare and contrast the characteristics of Buddhism and Hinduism. Using the internet, they research the importance of religion to people in Nepal. To end the lesson, they compare their religion to either Buddhism or Hinduism and answer specific questions on the role of religion in the United States. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the relationship between Buddhism and Islam in Indonesia through their artwork. Students discuss the features of the art that identify it as Buddhist. They conduct research into the turmoil representative sculpture caused in Indonesia when Islam became the predominant religion in the country. Students write a brief paper on the topic and discuss contemporary Buddhist sculpture in Indonesia. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discover the true meaning of karma and the related concept of samsara by reading the Jataka Tales. Students work in groups to become familiar with one form of Buddhist storytelling and examine how Jataka Tales are used as teaching tools. Full Review »
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